mockingbird

=//**TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD**//= = = //To Kill A Mockingbird//, a novel by Harper Lee, was first published in 1960, at the time of the Civil Rights Movement in this country. The narrator, Scout, is an adult recounting a story from her childhood. She is the daughter of a local, Alabama attorney who takes on the defense of a black man who has been falsely charged with raping a white woman. Through the novel, Scout grows in awareness and comes to new understandings about her town, her family, herself, courage and tolerance. Follow these links to learn "How does the historical information of the Southern 1920's-1950's affect the reading of //To Kill a Mockingbird?"//.
 * ==Jim Crow==
 * ==Lynchings==
 * ==School Segregation in the South==
 * ==The Scottsboro Trials==
 * ==The Scottsboro Trials==

Some links that may lead to additional information are: [|To Kill a Mockingbird: Then and Now] [|To Kill a Mockingbird: Related Links] media type="custom" key="6924"